Ballot harvesting allows for intimidation, and mass dumping of votes without a human present to be counted.
All anyone has to do is fill out fake votes in the name of people who don’t vote.
Do you think anyone is checking signature matching in the heat of counting millions of votes on collection day? Do you think an activist poll worker will do anything to inhibit a win on their own side?
We did a mail-in ballot in Australia for the gay marriage plebiscite. My ballot never arrived. Was it stolen from the mail and filled out on my behalf and sent back in? Almost fucking certainly.
Ballot harvesting allows for intimidation, and mass dumping of votes without a human present to be counted.
All anyone has to do is fill out fake votes in the name of people who don’t vote.
Do you think anyone is checking signature matching in the heat of counting millions of votes on collection day? Do you think an activist poll worker will do anything to inhibit a win on their own side?
We did a mail-in ballot in Australia for the gay marriage plebiscite. My ballot never arrived. Was it stolen from the mail and filled out on my behalf and sent back in? Almost fucking certainly.